THE 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has called on President Bola Tinubu to provide a detailed account of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited’s (NNPCL) $3.3 billion emergency crude repayment loan. This loan was secured on August 16, 2023, and was designed to bolster the naira and stabilize the … Read more
THE Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has said the agency is at war against corruption to ensure good governance, growth and development of the country. Aliyu said this on Thursday at a strategic meeting with delegates from the African Union Development Agency-New Partnership for Africa’s Development, AUDA-NEPAD in Abuja. The … Read more
THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has pleaded for the completion and commissioning of the state drug addicts counseling and rehabilitation centre in the state. Delta State NDLEA Commander, Abubakar Wada, pleaded when he received, on courtesy visit, the Executive Assistant on Communications to Delta State Governor, Latimore Oghenesivbe The commander appealed to Governor … Read more
JUSTICE Abubakar Hussaini Musa of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court on Thursday, January 25, 2024 vacated an earlier order of the court directing the Inspector-General of Police to arrest the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede for disobeying the ruling of the court directing operatives of the Commission … Read more
THE Solid Minerals Development Ministry and the Nigerian Export-Import (NEXIM) bank have committed to strengthening partnerships to close the logistical gap hampering exports of solid minerals whilst leveraging the bank’s resources to bolster mining sector financing. Receiving the NEXIM Bank Managing Director, Abba Bello, in his office on Wednesday, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, … Read more
THE United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, says only 43 per cent of the minimum standard for safe schools is being met in about 6,000 assessed schools in Nigeria. Ms. Cristian Munduate, the UNICEF Nigeria Country Representative, stated this in her message to mark the 2024 International Day of Education with the theme: “Learning for Lasting … Read more
A former Speaker of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Anayo Nnebe, has reportedly died. Trojan News learnt that Nnebe died after a short illness in a federal government hospital in Anambra. A family self-proclaimed relative who disclosed the incident to journalists in Awka on Wednesday said the former legislator died at age 61. Brief History … Read more
THE Federal Government plans to sell five power plants in Nigeria under the National Integrated Power Projects at about $1.15 billion. Director-General, Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE, Ignatius Ayewoh, confirmed this in reaction to the development on Tuesday. “The transaction is ongoing,” he stated, adding that “it is not concluded”. Ayewoh, however, did not give … Read more
MEANWHILE, the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has debunked reports that plans are underway to move the Federal Capital Territory to Lagos State. Naija News reports that Onanuga, in a statement via X on Wednesday, described those peddling the reports as dishonest, ethnic and regional champions, attempting to … Read more
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will today depart Abuja for Paris, France, for a private visit. Trojan News reports that this was made known in a short statement on Wednesday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale. President Tinubu will return to the country in the first week of February, 2024.